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Darkroom Experiments

“Seeing Life Through Rose-Coloured Spectacles” by Amandine Roche

PAINTING WITH DEVELOPER

Selectively applying developer to photographic paper – by dripping, splattering, sponging and painting it – can enhance the meaning of the image or create new meaning. These graphic, one-of-of a kind imagesreverse the positive and negative space, add a dynamic sense of movement, and create complex, high-contrast borders. As with all photography, what the photographer decides to reveal or obscure in their photograph is very telling. Equally important: these photographs are fun to make.

SANDWICHING NEGATIVES

Layering two negatives on top of each other in the enlarger can create fantastic double images. See the lecture here: